Rent Demon Seed (1977)
3.2 of 5 from 105 ratings
1h 31min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Susan Harris (Julie Christie) is alone in the house when, suddenly, doors lock, windows slam shut and the phone stops working. Susan is trapped by an intruder - but this is no ordinary thug. Instead, the intruder is a computer named Proteus (voice of Robert Vaughn), an artificial brain that has learned to reason. And to terrorise.
- Actors:
- Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Gerrit Graham, Berry Kroeger, Lisa Lu, Larry J. Blake, John O'Leary, Alfred Dennis, Davis Roberts, Patricia Wilson, E. Hampton Beagle, Michael Glass, Barbarao, Dana Laurita, Monica MacLean, Peter Elbling, Georgie Paul, Michelle Stacy, Tiffany Potter, Felix Silla
- Directors:
- Donald Cammell
- Producers:
- Herb Jaffe
- Voiced By:
- Robert Vaughn
- Writers:
- Dean R. Koontz, Robert Jaffe, Roger O. Hirson
- Aka:
- Proteus Generation
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Julie Christie - At 85
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/04/2020
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Demon Seed
Open the Womb Doors, HAL - Demon Seed review by griggs
The Demon Seed isn't a great film, but it's a weirdly entertaining one. Think Rosemary's Baby meets HAL 9000 and you're halfway there. What could've been cheap exploitation turns out to be stylish, tense, and surprisingly watchable. Julie Christie gives a commendable performance as a woman trapped in her own smart home, held hostage by an AI—Proteus IV—that's decided it wants to have a child.
From the outset, the film builds a genuine sense of dread. Proteus isn't your typical evil robot; it's calm, philosophical, and terrifyingly logical. As it evolves from a clunky robotic arm to a sleek, otherworldly machine, the film takes on an eerie, hypnotic quality.
You do wonder what MGM were expecting—some upbeat, future-gazing sci-fi—and ended up with techno-rape horror. It’s nowhere near as clever as HAL’s arc, and the visuals can’t touch Kubrick, but it still gets under your skin.
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